The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-04

rough and turbulent nG43.4t
beach all Uttered with - iiiT %.
boulders blackened by hchen. At the
end Of the row Of hotels you would
sec great castle-like structure Of
stone and wood, Of early English
architecture, spanning the road with q
graceful arch between the towers, and
then reaching backward in an irregular
mass Of broad piazzas, quaint balconies,
little windows and belfries, surrounded
by green sward, and facing the sea on one
side and great tennis court Of turf on
the other. This 10 the Casino suggested
by, but far superior to, the one at New
port. i-
I do not know how 1t would be posi-
BILE to convey more impressive idea
Of absolute ease, enjoyment and comfort
than to bid you to visit the Casino with
me on June or August evening. The
pure, sweet breath Of the sea is coquet-
ting with the flags and broad-leaved
plants. The ocean piazza is crowded
with beautiful women slipping water
ices and chatting with their male
escorts, from whose lips the blue haze
Of their burning cigars is ascending, .
well-trained. band 70 diScoursing sweet
eat melody, and the brilliant glare Of the
open Widowed dining-hall within H.
Eliminates the scene In splendid rivalry
with the silvery food Of moonlight that
bathes the dancing surface Of the
sea. Scores of those who cannot or
will not pay the moderate cost Of
admission to this semi-public club are
leaning ON the stone wall by the
roadside looking on ct the scene here de-
scribed and drinking in the music
From their vantage ground they can see
the ladies and gentlemen at billiards In
the parl0rs over the rdining-room, and
they can procure that amusement that
the tender passion excites in those who
are not its victims by watching the
couples seated In the dim-lighted corri-
dors and the openings in the towers,
content to gaze upon the sea and hold
one another's hands and surrender their
senses to the poetry OF their affection
and the solitude. We shall see great
deal of these couples while we linger at
the pier, for 1t Is courtier's paradise
the most famous match-maker's resort
in America.
Now, let the scene change. Az 6haks-
peare used to employ heralds to an.
nounce the changing scenes, 90 may we
In all modesty copy him and announce
one to roll away the curtains Of night
and release the golden sunlight, 20 that
It shall bathe this beach in the overpow-
ering light of day. The hotels are all
astir with the awakened guests. Big
boarding houses all of them are, rather
than hotels-establish that have
developed and grown from dwellings
into caravanseries. The offices are ct
once offices and ladies' parlors, decked
and perfumed with flowers. crowded
with women and noisy with small talk.
II we glance into the dining-rooms we
are apt to see girls waiting ON
the tables and the bell boys and
bootblacks are crowded out into the back
yards and rear piazzas. Breakfast over,
there is general movement down the
shore road to the bath-houses, and there
we shall see something well worth Q
visit. Bathing 10 the great sport here.
Every one indulges in It and the hotels
are depopulated on accoant of It from
breakfast until dinner Nowhere else is
the amphibfous diversion 30 Interesting as
here, because nowhere else 10 II sol ssed
in one place. There Is only little cres-
cent of beach where bathing can be had,
and In this small space the whole popula-
tion of the place is crowded during the
bathing hours.
This bathing beach Is back Of what il
called Canonchet, the farm and residence
| Of Ex-Governor and ex-senator 6prague
| Q noble villa embowered amid lofty
| trees and rot In an emerald framing Of
lawn and foliage. At the foot Of the
sloping park, where the turf ends and
the sand reaches into the sea, along line
Of bathing houses skirts the beach. A
| plank walk leads from end to end of the
row and in front Of this 10 chain Of
tents and summer pavili0ns, shaded by
gay-colored awnings and filed with easy
| chairs that are rented to those who wish
them. On the plank walk, In the beach
| pAvilions, ON the sand and In the suri
you may see 300 or / 800 bsthers assem
bled ON any fair day. Four-fifths Of them
are certain to be women and hall
| Of these will be clad In bath robes Of I
sort that have made Narragansett Piel
| famous. Originality, taste and beauty
| distinguish the beach costumes here, thu
| reason being that their wearerb are Per
sons from the far West and from INLAND
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